IBM Rational Connector for Solution Manager:

Overview
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Introduction:

The IBM Rational Connector for SAP Solution Manager is a web application providing a communication layer
between Rational tools and SAP’s Solution Manager product. It employs protocols jointly developed by IBM
and SAP. Once an administrator has linked one or more Solution Manager and Rational tools projects, end
users can begin by exporting SAP Solution Manager blueprints to create IBM Rational Quality Manager test
plans and test cases as well as IBM Rational Requirements Composer requirements. Resulting requirements
and test collections reside in a folder structure that mirrors the blueprint hierarchy found in SAP. Requirements
link back to the blueprint requirements documents, providing a live view of the details of the blueprint
business requirements. After testing is performed, results can be imported back into SAP Solution Manager for
reporting and analysis.

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Why Rational Connector is required?

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Installation:

The installation guide is available at the help section of IBM portal in below link;

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/rcsaphlp/v4r0/index.jsp

Release Notes:

The latest version of connector is 4.0, anounced on July 2012. More information is available in the below
links;

https://jazz.net/downloads/sap-connector/releases/4.0.0.1

https://jazz.net/blog/index.php/2012/07/03/announcing-the-rational-connector-for-sap-solution-manager-4-0-0/

Configuration:

Connector Project needs to be created in order to establish the dataflow between Solution Manager and IBM
tools. This project is the integration point b/w all the content in SAP world and the IBM world.

Step 1: Access the Connector URL inside the server wher the connector and Rational tools are installed

http://<hostname>:9081/SAPConnector/
Step 2: Create a New connector Project. This involves following 6 steps

i. Project Summary: Name a new connector project here. For Example: “Solman to IBM Connector Project”.
This is the project that is used in SOLAR_PROJECT_ADMIN txn code while you are establishing the
connection b/w solman Project and RQM Project as seen below;

ii. Rational Quality Manager Server: In this step provide the RQM Server details which should be synced
with Solution Manager system.
iii. Rational Requirment Server: Provide the details of Rational Requirment Composer here (Hint: This can
be same as the above entry)

iv. Rational Change Management Server : Provide the details of Rational Requirment Composer here (Hint:
This can be same as the above entry)

v.Blueprint mapping: This is very important step wher you define how the data in the Solution Manager
Project is represented in the Rational Quality Manager Project. You can define here whether to represent a Test
Object in Solution Manager to be Test Case in RQM and Business Scenario to be Test Requirment in RQM.
So it is a mix and match case. So it is adviced to consult the Testing team to have a understanding on how they
plan to work with RQM.
vi. Solution Manager User information: Maintain the SAP user here who has all the authorization to ‘Push’
the data from Solution Manager to IBM tools.

This completes the setup of Rational Connector for SAP Solution Manager configuration.

References:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/integrate-rational-alm-applications-sap/

https://jazz.net/downloads/sap-connector/releases/4.0.0.1

https://jazz.net/blog/index.php/2012/07/03/announcing-the-rational-connector-for-sap-solution-manager-4-0-0/

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/rcsaphlp/v4r0/index.jsp

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End to End testing with IBM Rational and SAP
Solution Manager 7.1 SP07 – Process View
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This blog explains the end to end process of Test Management Option 3 in SAP Solution Manager, valid to
SP07. In the underlying blog I explain the process of exchange of business processes, business requirements,
test assets and test results between SAP Solution Manager and IBM Rational Tool.  The type of test run used is
Manual run in the below example; if we chose to automate the testing process then  either IBM Rational
Functional Tester or Worksoft Certify tools can be integrated . I am writing this blog in the same line as my
previous HPQC blog for better understanding and comparing the process b/w these 2 testing tools.

About IBM Rational Tools for SAP

Rational Quality Manager is the offering in the quality management space by IBM Rational. It is a
collaborative, web-based, quality management software for comprehensive test planning, manual testing, and
integration with automated test tools.
SOLAR02 Business Requirement Transfer Process
The Business Blueprint Configuration (SOLAR02) is the single window for transferring the Blueprint from
SAP side to Testing tool at the IBM side. During the Blueprinting process of a project, the Business Scenarios
and Processes are defined and all the possible variants for standard scenarios are identified.  After the
configuration of a Business Process by Functional Consultants , including the Development are done; the
Blueprint can now be synced with the Testing tool for complete scenario testing. Business Process Document
in a Documentation tab should be updated with the complete Process Flow. This plays a crucial role since the
Tester working with IBM rational might not be SAP Expert. So this document would be the basis for any
reference during the testing process.  We would take example of a Business Process “Procurement without
QM”  under Procurement scenario  for our demo.

The Business Process document for this Process is maintained under Gen. Documentation tab in SOLAR02. If
you are configuring very specific to your company business process then the same should be maintained under
Proj. Documentation tab.
Transfer to IBM Rational Tab
In the Transfer to IBM Rational Tab, two information are maintained.

1. Business Requirement Document

Business Requirement Document, as mentioned above would be the *only* source of information for Testers
to understand what the Business Process is all about. This also should provide information on “How to” run
the Business Processes and expected results from the run. So the document maintained either Gen Document
or Proj. Document would serve  as a Requirement Document.

2. Test Object
Test Objects are the Transaction Codes, Configurations or any relevant Developments which are part of your
end to end Business Process. With the help of all the Test Objects you should be able to run your Business
Process completely, from Start to Finish.

We would do the mapping in the IBM rational Connector that how Requirement Document and Test Objects
are represented in IBM Rational Quality Manager tool after they are pushed from Solution manager

The sample tab would look like below

The Blueprint along with Test Objects and Test Requirements are transferred to IBM Rational QM via the
Dropdown available on the left corner of screen.
Testing in IBM Rational Quality Suites
In Rational CLM, view SAP Business Blueprint requirement assets transferred.  A Requirements Collection
Procurement is automatically created, contains the requirement assets specified for transfer.
A Test Plan ‘Procurement’ is automatically created, will be populated with test case assets.The Requirements
Collection ‘Procurement’ is automatically linked to the Test Plan Sales with Validated By traceability.

In this example a Manual test script is being created, or a Functional test script recorded with Rational
Functional Tester could also/alternatively be created and associated with this test case.
When you run a test manually, you follow the test steps and perform operations on your application. Then, you
compare the expected results with the actual outcome and record the results. You can execute a manual test as
many times as needed. The results are stored separately for each run.

Transfer the Result Back to SAP Solution Manager

The test results are transferred back to SOLAR02 to update the Blueprint with the testing information. This is
done via the IBM Rational SAP Connector.

1. Attribute option in SOLAR02

In the Transfer to IBM Rational tab in SOLAR02, the test results are displayed against each line item
individually.

2. SOLAR_EVAL txn code

The entire view of test results are displayed in SOLAR_EVAL txn code as below